Valentine Card Making Recipes

Who doesn't love receiving a handmade Valentine card? It's the ultimate way to show how much you care. We've fallen in love with these Valentine card ideas, which use materials that we find inspiring this season, including twine, rubber stamps, ink pads, hole punches, adhesive pearls and gems to name a few. Happy Valentine's Day!

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Stamp and emboss little heart shape before adhering in place using foam squares. Layer and adhere more little heart shapes. Cut a band of Red text weight paper and adhere in place. Trim top and bottom of band with glitter tape. Adhere ribbon bow to center of band.

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Alternate Glitter Lips Tape and Luxe Glitter Silver Tape on front of card as shown. Punch out tag shape from Fuchsia cover and create 1/8" hole at top for silver cord. Stamp and emboss punched tag shape. Thread cord through hole and tie into a bow. Adhere tag in place using foam squares. Layer and adhere more little heart shapes. Cut a band of Red text weight paper and adhere in place. Trim top and bottom of band with glitter tape. Adhere ribbon bow to center of band.

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Punch out flag shapes before stamping. Using a clothespin to hold shapes, (to avoid burning fingers) heat set stamped images with embossing heat tool to dry ink. Apply lace tape to card and wrap ends of tape strip around card to prevent it from peeling up.

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Stamp and heat set glasses. Carefully cut out the "lenses" using the soft grip knife. Stick glitter paper behind glasses using transparent tape before adhering to card using foam squares. Print out message and cut ends into banner tails.

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Punch out Peacock circle and cut in half. Position and adhere half of the circle as an umbrella over bear's head. Draw umbrella handle using black pen. Adhere stamped, cloud shaped over hearts with foam squares.Cut a small piece of clover to create grass.

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Trim beet folded card. Cut out arms form poppy text. Use stickers to create head on card. Cut out hair from chocolate text and stick in place. Tie baker’s twine around pigtails. Cut out persimmon heart and stamp using glue pad, sprinkle with silver glitter. Stick heart in place. Layer arm on top of heart. Accent with ric rac ribbon at bottom of card. Draw eyes and mouth. Pair with blossom envelope.